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i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i'm going to stop other things. i like pbs. i like big bird. i actually like you too. i'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow from china to pay for it. >> mother [ bleep ] fired big bird! romney could have water boarded aladdin, put down blue, deported dora the explorer, and still won walking away. romney won with the sound up. >> you're entitled, as a president, to your own airplane and house, but not to your own facts. >> romney won with the sound off. dude, he's yelling at you. look up! look up! what are you looking at? what are you writing that's so important? what are you doing? oh, that's nice. i didn't realize. that is impressive work. i didn't realize that. maybe you could give that to mitt romney as a souvenir of night he crushed you in that debate. >> that is some nice work. stephen colbert dancing with "glee" last night. can we listen to this? here's colbert coming into the studio after the romney debate performance. ♪ really feeling it with colbert. he zeroed in on the tax plan romney laid out. the proposal was
i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i'm going to stop other things. i like pbs. i like big bird. i actually like you too. i'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow from china to pay for it. >> mother [ bleep ] fired big bird! romney could have water boarded aladdin, put down blue, deported dora the explorer, and still won walking away. romney won with the sound up. >> you're entitled, as a president, to your own airplane and house, but not to your own facts....
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the president again hit on his opponent's plan to cut taxpayer funding to pbs. mitt romney responded by suggesting the president is taking his eye off the ball. >> these are tough times. with real serious issues. so you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving big bird. >> former president bill clinton was stumping for the president in las vegas last night. offering his thoughts on last week's presidential debate. >> i had a different reaction to that first debate than a lot of people did. i mean, i thought -- wow. here's old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? miss you all these last two years. the problem with this deal is the deal was made by severe conservative mitt. that was how he described himself for two whole years. until three or four days before the debate, they all got together and said, hey, man, this ship is sinking faster than the titanic. so just show up with a sunny face and say i didn't say all that stuff i said the last two years. are you going to believe me or your lying eyes here some come on. .
the president again hit on his opponent's plan to cut taxpayer funding to pbs. mitt romney responded by suggesting the president is taking his eye off the ball. >> these are tough times. with real serious issues. so you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving big bird. >> former president bill clinton was stumping for the president in las vegas last night. offering his thoughts on last week's presidential debate. >> i had a...
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china funds pbs. i guess that explains why this week's "sesame street" was brought to you by the letter this. according to nielsen numbers, more than 70 million people watched wednesday's debate either on tv, online or from one of the podiums. >> good morning. it's monday, october 8th. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, political editor and white house correspondent for "the huffington post," sam stein. and managing editor of "fortune," andy serwer. >> andy, good to see you. how did columbia do this weekend? >> it was another "w." lehigh, i believe. >> lehigh. >> went out to pennsylvania and lost theootball game. >> the columbia, what are you guys? >> lions. >> lions, exactly. of course, i knew that. ivy league mascots. hey, mika. >> yeah. >> something weird's happening in this campaign. you know, sometimes you'll have an event, and as the event goes by, you'll just sort of count the days and wait for the buzz to dissipate, because it always does because
china funds pbs. i guess that explains why this week's "sesame street" was brought to you by the letter this. according to nielsen numbers, more than 70 million people watched wednesday's debate either on tv, online or from one of the podiums. >> good morning. it's monday, october 8th. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, political editor and white house correspondent for "the huffington post," sam stein. and...
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. >> reporter: romney also in ohio mocked the obama campaign's mocking his plan to cut funds for pbs. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> he's focused on saving big bird. kind of a strange thing in my view because you see i'm focused on helping the american people get good jobs. >> reporter: sesame's street now asked the obama campaign to pull the big bird ad, yet there are weightier questions here as congress looks in to whether the u.s. was warned of the deadly libya attack. >> twice in the six month lead up, you had bombings at our compound there in benghazi and it's 9/11 in libya. what other warnings do you need? >> reporter: warnings of trouble now for president obama, romney's closing the gap. the latest polls, reuters has them tied. gallup has romney up by two. pew has him up by four. and we were talking about the polls in the balgtd ground states. it also now looks like according to other polls that pennsylvania and michigan may no longer be safe bets for the president. lynn. >> all right, thanks. last night on the rachel maddow show, nate silver talks about just how clo
. >> reporter: romney also in ohio mocked the obama campaign's mocking his plan to cut funds for pbs. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> he's focused on saving big bird. kind of a strange thing in my view because you see i'm focused on helping the american people get good jobs. >> reporter: sesame's street now asked the obama campaign to pull the big bird ad, yet there are weightier questions here as congress looks in to whether the u.s. was warned of...
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and tonight on pbs -- tomorrow night on pbs you use volgarity. it's pbs. it will be great. >> celebrate fenway with profani
and tonight on pbs -- tomorrow night on pbs you use volgarity. it's pbs. it will be great. >> celebrate fenway with profani
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an honorable mention for a nonpolitician goes to pbs's jim lehrer. this year will be his 11th appearance as a moderator of a presidential debate. barack obama, assuming we go through all three debates will tie bush for that record six. [ male announcer ] after years of celebrations, marie callender's gives you a way to make any day a special occasion. new mini cream pies for one. real whip cream and a cookie-crumb crust. marie callender's. it's time to savor. [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends against tender, inflamed gums, sensitivity and weak enamel. conditions people over 50 experience. crest pro-health for life. so jill can keep living the good life. crest. life opens up when you do. >>> this is part every a new ad for american crossroads, the super pac, they are launching this tv ad in eight states, the biggest ad in the cycle. let's brin
an honorable mention for a nonpolitician goes to pbs's jim lehrer. this year will be his 11th appearance as a moderator of a presidential debate. barack obama, assuming we go through all three debates will tie bush for that record six. [ male announcer ] after years of celebrations, marie callender's gives you a way to make any day a special occasion. new mini cream pies for one. real whip cream and a cookie-crumb crust. marie callender's. it's time to savor. [ male announcer ] jill and her...
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with me, jeff greenfield, host of pbs' "need to know." heather mcghee. and wallace shawn, playwright and actor. i want to play a great clip that we found of -- guest appearance you have on "murphy brown." years ago. which we were all reminding ourselves was quite a good show. this is a clip from the 1990s. you play a conservative congressman, republican, who is a sort of prototype tea party republican who has been elected with the backing of interests that have very extreme views. now has been told that he has to go on air and parrot those views. take a look. >> when i was elected i didn't realize i might be a little bit beholden to certain interest groups. i thought that just people gave me money because they like me. today they gave me a position paper and made it clear they are expecting a pretty big return on their investment. a person caucasian should take an iq test to determine if they should stay in this great country of ours. >> you are proposing we expel ethnic minorities? >> i guess i am. >> all ethnic minorities? >> apparently so. >> wallace
with me, jeff greenfield, host of pbs' "need to know." heather mcghee. and wallace shawn, playwright and actor. i want to play a great clip that we found of -- guest appearance you have on "murphy brown." years ago. which we were all reminding ourselves was quite a good show. this is a clip from the 1990s. you play a conservative congressman, republican, who is a sort of prototype tea party republican who has been elected with the backing of interests that have very extreme...
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this is -- you should tell people who aren't familiar with it, it is a pbs series. it is masterpiece classic theater. it came, though, second in the ratings to the super bowl on super bowl sunday granted half the -- television stations, televisions were on the super bowl. how do you explain the appeal of the show? people can't relate necessarily to upper-crust england in pre-war era, servants versus the aristocrats, what sit? >> we need escapism. this series is sold to 120 countries round the world. we all need to be taken out of ourselves at the moment. it is tough times out there. it is also because it is on pbs, accessible to all. $1.6 million an episode drama. you normally only get that on expensive cable drama as. everybody is watch it and see it. it is also multi-generational. because, yes, your grandmother can watch it and say i want to be maggie smith. we watch it saying i want to be mary, matthew, i want him to kiss me. >> that would be great. speaking of this, let's take a look at the one-liners from m maggie smith. they are rich. >> given the date when ma
this is -- you should tell people who aren't familiar with it, it is a pbs series. it is masterpiece classic theater. it came, though, second in the ratings to the super bowl on super bowl sunday granted half the -- television stations, televisions were on the super bowl. how do you explain the appeal of the show? people can't relate necessarily to upper-crust england in pre-war era, servants versus the aristocrats, what sit? >> we need escapism. this series is sold to 120 countries round...
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that was a clip from front line's new documentary mini series airing on pbs. joining us now marty smith. good to have you back. how are you? >> good. good morning. >> we have been talking about this for several years now and things haven't changed, that there haven't been enough some would say regulations to put in place. too big to fail still exists. >> what we do in the fourth hour of the series is look inside the culture of banking and try to understand that they can write a lot of rules in washington but until the incentive structures on wall street and the culture of high finance changes it is very hard to see why there would be fundamental change. bankers are very good at getting around regulations. they have done that for many, many decades. there is no reason to believe that they won't be able to continue to get around. what is happening in washington is like a bunch of generals getting together and going over the last war and trying to understand how they can prevent that same war from happening again. well, of course, what's going to happen next will
that was a clip from front line's new documentary mini series airing on pbs. joining us now marty smith. good to have you back. how are you? >> good. good morning. >> we have been talking about this for several years now and things haven't changed, that there haven't been enough some would say regulations to put in place. too big to fail still exists. >> what we do in the fourth hour of the series is look inside the culture of banking and try to understand that they can write...
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. >> and they have a pb and j. pb and j. i think the big question that this country faces in november is that we're willing to bring a brown bag lunch. are people willing to -- are we ready to eat now? >> the bottom line is the restaurant was really screwed up and so they brought in the two best to save it and what did they do? they got the beg recommendation and kept spending like it was -- >> to nicole's earlier point and i wonder whether voters will be interested in hearing that argument about george w. bush's economy and then the other argument that the campaign is using right now that it's the republican congress's fault. bill clinton always said elections are about the future. i just wonder if people in the middle will look back to george bush. >> what do you think? >> i don't think so. >> coming up next, health headlines with dr. zeke manuel and nancy snyderman including that not enough sleep could dramatically increase the risk of stroke. also ahead, exploring the subconscious mind. oh, good. that's going to be great
. >> and they have a pb and j. pb and j. i think the big question that this country faces in november is that we're willing to bring a brown bag lunch. are people willing to -- are we ready to eat now? >> the bottom line is the restaurant was really screwed up and so they brought in the two best to save it and what did they do? they got the beg recommendation and kept spending like it was -- >> to nicole's earlier point and i wonder whether voters will be interested in hearing...
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and there's one in portland, oregon called pb & j. >> are you seeing in e country a change in attitude in the way you prepare the food. >>> you're killing me i you're just killing me. >> i think you have a much more educated consumer. i just think people watch food network, they watch travel channel, organic is no longer a buzz word. i think that people have a higher standard for what they eat. >> what is the discussion? >> deep fried obviously. >> deep fried anything. >> it's interesting. >> you need a big gulp to wash it down, huge soda, don't you agree? >> in new orleans, for my second book i'm trying to find the best iconic food in the country. and i did a chapter on the best shrimp po boy in new orleans. they have these giant mugs of root beer in frosted mugs. >> that's what we're talking about. >> it's pretty breathtaking stuff. >> "the best sandwich in america" debuts on the travel channel. adam richman. oh, yeah, baby, i will testify. keep it right here on "morning joe." [ gnome ] enjoying your holiday? ooo no. the hotel lost our reservation. nonsense! you book at travelocity,
and there's one in portland, oregon called pb & j. >> are you seeing in e country a change in attitude in the way you prepare the food. >>> you're killing me i you're just killing me. >> i think you have a much more educated consumer. i just think people watch food network, they watch travel channel, organic is no longer a buzz word. i think that people have a higher standard for what they eat. >> what is the discussion? >> deep fried obviously. >>...
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electoral dysfunction," a survival manual for american voters and the documentary will be airing on pbs next tuesday, october 30th and will be available to download on itunes. platforms. >> there you go. whatever. i just wish you hadn't have said that. back with "the daily show" and aasif mandvi in a moment. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that, it's on to germany. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 then tonight, i'm trading 9500 miles away in japan. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with the new global account from schwab, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i hunt down opportunities around the world tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 as if i'm right there. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and i'm in total control because i can trade tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 directly online in 12 markets in their local currencies. tdd#: 1-
electoral dysfunction," a survival manual for american voters and the documentary will be airing on pbs next tuesday, october 30th and will be available to download on itunes. platforms. >> there you go. whatever. i just wish you hadn't have said that. back with "the daily show" and aasif mandvi in a moment. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come...
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that came home to me when pbs was doing series on world war ii and they didn't have a hispanic reputation and i got involved in the dialoe with secretary salz -- salazar, he's the one who said my familiar's been here that's the point -- >> and that's the law. it's still the law. >> somebody could have slipped into this country who happens to be an ingle, driving arod in arizona, what are the chaes likely they're going to be asked for their papers? >> right. but just off the excerpts, at least from justice kennedy's majority opinion, he's basically saying bring us a test case and we throw that part, too. imagine being a police officer in, are they saying in a county where there's a very hispanic population to get in the coffee. >> can i just make one other -- >> let's go to jeanne first if that's okay. >> i just had and you're dressed like mark mckinnon? do you get stopped? do you get deported? >> well, actually, that was a very good contribution. you actually don't get arrested. you get committed. they're coming to take me away ah-ha. so you've run campaigns in texas, mark mckinnon. i rem
that came home to me when pbs was doing series on world war ii and they didn't have a hispanic reputation and i got involved in the dialoe with secretary salz -- salazar, he's the one who said my familiar's been here that's the point -- >> and that's the law. it's still the law. >> somebody could have slipped into this country who happens to be an ingle, driving arod in arizona, what are the chaes likely they're going to be asked for their papers? >> right. but just off the...
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they had pbs, the "new york times", you know, they drove it. george h.w. bush in 1987, 1988, they had contempt for bush. and they somehow got the message out. this is the great frustration that mitt romney can't make the basic arguments about a failed economic policy over the past three and a half years, a failed foreign policy, and it's just maddening. i know you probably can't say it on tv in the same way that i did but every conservative i talked to, they're just so frustrated. >> i think they're frustrated in part. this is the difference between clinton and frankly the last -- every republican nominee since reagan. i mean, reagan was a democrat and a tv star and movie star who got communicating. regular democrats get corporate meetings. i mean regular republicans. there is almost this republican consultant culture that says your job is to go raise money and i'll buy clever ads. as a result you don't get, i mean no president has been more vulnerable to an aggressive opponent than barack obama. for the reason you're saying. somebody who could just calm l
they had pbs, the "new york times", you know, they drove it. george h.w. bush in 1987, 1988, they had contempt for bush. and they somehow got the message out. this is the great frustration that mitt romney can't make the basic arguments about a failed economic policy over the past three and a half years, a failed foreign policy, and it's just maddening. i know you probably can't say it on tv in the same way that i did but every conservative i talked to, they're just so frustrated....
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pbs has a johnny carson special coming out in may to mark the 50th anniversary of when he took over the show from jack paar. you were on that show 140 times or something. >> amazing. >> so even today, taking nothing away from the late night guys now, carson was special, right? >> yeah. >> they would all admit that if they were here. what made carson so special? >> mike and i were just talking about it. and i think one of the things that made him special is that when he liked you, you had a career the next day. he -- my term for it was he made -- he created the culture. he the culture. so his taste mattered. in a way that doesn't -- i mean, jon stewart is great and so is leno, they're good at what they do. but it isn't like what it was with -- when i started in this building with carson, there were three networks, i would do the show and i would walk down the street, it was unimaginable, everyone had seen that show. when i was directing seinfeld, we talked about that a lot. he says he remembers me from that show and seeing me. i said, well, you've got 40 million people, that much more. h
pbs has a johnny carson special coming out in may to mark the 50th anniversary of when he took over the show from jack paar. you were on that show 140 times or something. >> amazing. >> so even today, taking nothing away from the late night guys now, carson was special, right? >> yeah. >> they would all admit that if they were here. what made carson so special? >> mike and i were just talking about it. and i think one of the things that made him special is that...
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. >> get rid of the amtrak subsidy and pbs and solve everything. >> if you just get rid of big bird we'll balance the budget. >> why have high speed on amtrak. >> if only it were that -- >> dr. sachs, the book is [ inaudible ] paul ryan has viewed it. "the price of civilization." paul ryan has reviewed it. >> it's the bible. >> there is a new preface. >> he carries it with him. >> absolutely. you got it. >> he carries it. it's like newspaper articles your dad keeps in his pocket. just to remember. just to remember. >> okay. coming up, obama campaign senior adviser david axelrod will be joining us. but first we're going to get an exclusive first look at this week's "time" magazine. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] >>> welcome back to "morning joe." quick weather update for you. new york city had the storms yesterday, cleared out, warm summ
. >> get rid of the amtrak subsidy and pbs and solve everything. >> if you just get rid of big bird we'll balance the budget. >> why have high speed on amtrak. >> if only it were that -- >> dr. sachs, the book is [ inaudible ] paul ryan has viewed it. "the price of civilization." paul ryan has reviewed it. >> it's the bible. >> there is a new preface. >> he carries it with him. >> absolutely. you got it. >> he carries it....
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you don't watch anything but pbs. >> "your best friend's wedding?" sorry i'm not very pop culture. >> she has absolutely no idea. we had bradley cooper and she congratulated him for the "a" list. >> well, so sorry. >> it's fascinating that bush used this incident to push himself as a pro-environment politician. >> correct, that's the notion in the film. they touch on it without taking a strong opinion. he now how they do in hollywood. i'm told by bonnie carroll, the living person who vanessa shaw plays -- >> this is a shot of the real rescue. >> here it is exactly, amazing. this is a wright whale surfacing for air and the citizens and people were busting open holes leaving the path out to the sea. in the white house she's having a conversation with the character i played, colonel tom carroll and he said, can't you get that russian icebreaker over to the coast of alaska, and she said, well, the fact is, we've just been overheard discussing this so let's see what happened, because in that time probably now, too, everybody can listen in. so that's almos
you don't watch anything but pbs. >> "your best friend's wedding?" sorry i'm not very pop culture. >> she has absolutely no idea. we had bradley cooper and she congratulated him for the "a" list. >> well, so sorry. >> it's fascinating that bush used this incident to push himself as a pro-environment politician. >> correct, that's the notion in the film. they touch on it without taking a strong opinion. he now how they do in hollywood. i'm told...
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joining us now, pulitzer prize-winning historian jon meacham is here and political analyst and host of pbs's "need to know," jeff greenfield. >> the narrow win president obama gained in the second debate owed something to romney's performance which, though, highly effective in stretches also showcased more of his flaws. both as a debater and as a candidate. romney is very skillful at the on-stage slash and parry, but he has weak spots, and veterans of the long republican primary slog remember two of them particularly well. one is his tendency to argue pointlessly with the moderator and his opponents overrules of order. the other is his habit of pressing his advantage too far, seeking a kind of alpha-male moment that can seem bullying instead of strong. he gave in to both temptations this time around. i think that was something that you noticed a few minutes in. >> the first 20 minutes in, he was -- you could say -- bullying the moderator and the president of the united states. when you're debating against the president, you have to be a bit more careful than if you're debating against a cong
joining us now, pulitzer prize-winning historian jon meacham is here and political analyst and host of pbs's "need to know," jeff greenfield. >> the narrow win president obama gained in the second debate owed something to romney's performance which, though, highly effective in stretches also showcased more of his flaws. both as a debater and as a candidate. romney is very skillful at the on-stage slash and parry, but he has weak spots, and veterans of the long republican primary...
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joining us now, founder and ceo of pb capital management, t. boone pickens. nice to have you. >> thank you. >> good to have you back. >> look how healthy he is. >> i ran over here from the hotel. >> did you? >> t. boone, how old are you now? >> 83. 84 next month. >> 84 next month. whatever you and dr. brzezinski are drinking, i want it. >> lithuanian vodka. >> i asked him -- >> i don't drink vodka. >> do you walk every day? walk, hell no. you take after it on the treadmill. >> yep, i do. >> eight degrees. >> i have a trainer that's been with me 19 years. >> my goodness. >> you know what he says when people ask him what he does? >> what's that? >> he said, "keep him alive." >> he's doing a good job. he's doing a good job of it. >> incentive pay program. >> so we're seeing -- we're seeing right now, of course, gas wars on tv. who's to blame for high gas prices? who's really for energy exploration? what's the story out there? >> you want it in 30 seconds? >> yeah. >> i want it however you want it. >> 28. >> the gas price is controlled by opec. if you look at the
joining us now, founder and ceo of pb capital management, t. boone pickens. nice to have you. >> thank you. >> good to have you back. >> look how healthy he is. >> i ran over here from the hotel. >> did you? >> t. boone, how old are you now? >> 83. 84 next month. >> 84 next month. whatever you and dr. brzezinski are drinking, i want it. >> lithuanian vodka. >> i asked him -- >> i don't drink vodka. >> do you walk every day?...
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and joining the table, political analyst and host of pbs's "need to know" jeff greenfield is back with us. nice to have you. >> good to be here. >> good day to have you as well. joe and i have been talking about the jeb bush endorsement. we want to get your take on that. joe, rank and file republicans are rallying around mitt romney as their likely presidential nominee coming off that decisive victory in illinois. and he did get finally yesterday the endorsement by former governor jeb bush. what do you make of it? >> well, i think rallying around, the term you use, may be a bit strong. this is -- as we said the last hour, it just may be that the 18 kids on the baseball field realize that they all got there without a baseball or bats or gloves. and the nerd in the stands wants to get on the field to play, and he's the only one that allows the game to go forward. so i don't know that anybody is, quote, rallying around mitt romney. but he's got the money. he's got the organization. and he looks today like he probably has the nomination. i thought dick armey and freedom works' nonendorseme
and joining the table, political analyst and host of pbs's "need to know" jeff greenfield is back with us. nice to have you. >> good to be here. >> good day to have you as well. joe and i have been talking about the jeb bush endorsement. we want to get your take on that. joe, rank and file republicans are rallying around mitt romney as their likely presidential nominee coming off that decisive victory in illinois. and he did get finally yesterday the endorsement by former...